October 16, 2013
Jerry Petrosky, Bryan Ehlmann and I wandered around northeastern Colorado today. Skies were partly sunny, winds mild compared to yesterday.
Waves were still rather high on Jumbo Reservoir (Logan/Sedgwick Counties). The Surf Scoters reported by Bill Kaempfer (10/13) could not be relocated. A juvenile Jaeger flew by at least four times before we identified it as a Parasitic Jaeger.
Hundreds of gulls circled the reservoir; we could only pick out a Bonaparte's Gull as uncommon among the Ring-billed and California Gulls.
A Tennessee Warbler fluttered about the eastern Campgrounds. A couple of meadowlarks caught our attention and time while we decided they were not Eastern Meadowlarks.
The resident Eastern Screech-Owls did not respond to our recording this morning.
We continued over to Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan) and walked the western and eastern sections along the South Platte River. A Northern Cardinal flew quickly across the trail at 1 West. A Blue-headed Vireo was low in the cottonwoods near 2 East. While a young male Black-throated Green Warbler worked high in the cottonwoods between 6 & 7 East.
Other birds included 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, a small flock of Pine Siskins (probably rare here), 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, a House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Field Sparrow, Chipping Sparrows, a Vesper Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Ring-necked Pheasants, Townsend's Solitaires, Eastern Bluebirds (6), Mountain Chickadee (pair), Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pond area), Gray Catbird, and 1 American Tree Sparrow (confirmed).
Late in the afternoon, we checked for Greater Prairie-Chickens along Logan County Road 93 (previous sightings CR 44 to CR 49). Finding none, we headed over to CR 46 & 89 and scoped the southern sections of Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area. No Greater Prairie-Chickens appeared, but we watched a Short-eared Owl fly below us along the valley.
Jerry Petrosky, Bryan Ehlmann and I wandered around northeastern Colorado today. Skies were partly sunny, winds mild compared to yesterday.
Waves were still rather high on Jumbo Reservoir (Logan/Sedgwick Counties). The Surf Scoters reported by Bill Kaempfer (10/13) could not be relocated. A juvenile Jaeger flew by at least four times before we identified it as a Parasitic Jaeger.
Hundreds of gulls circled the reservoir; we could only pick out a Bonaparte's Gull as uncommon among the Ring-billed and California Gulls.
A Tennessee Warbler fluttered about the eastern Campgrounds. A couple of meadowlarks caught our attention and time while we decided they were not Eastern Meadowlarks.
The resident Eastern Screech-Owls did not respond to our recording this morning.
We continued over to Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area (Logan) and walked the western and eastern sections along the South Platte River. A Northern Cardinal flew quickly across the trail at 1 West. A Blue-headed Vireo was low in the cottonwoods near 2 East. While a young male Black-throated Green Warbler worked high in the cottonwoods between 6 & 7 East.
Other birds included 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, a small flock of Pine Siskins (probably rare here), 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, a House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Field Sparrow, Chipping Sparrows, a Vesper Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Ring-necked Pheasants, Townsend's Solitaires, Eastern Bluebirds (6), Mountain Chickadee (pair), Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pond area), Gray Catbird, and 1 American Tree Sparrow (confirmed).
Late in the afternoon, we checked for Greater Prairie-Chickens along Logan County Road 93 (previous sightings CR 44 to CR 49). Finding none, we headed over to CR 46 & 89 and scoped the southern sections of Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area. No Greater Prairie-Chickens appeared, but we watched a Short-eared Owl fly below us along the valley.
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